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Silent Witness

Silent Witness

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Silent Witness

7.5

Yr 1996

Rt 60m

Status Returning Series

Crime Drama

Series Brief

Overview

A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

Why fans love it

Silent Witness brings the sterile, precise world of forensic science to the center of British criminal investigations. Since premiering in 1996, the series has moved past standard procedural tropes by anchoring its storytelling in the morgue. The focus remains on how microscopic physical evidence reveals the truth behind violent acts, grounding complex crime narratives in the cold logic of laboratory analysis.

Emilia Fox anchors a rotating team of experts tasked with untangling difficult cold cases and recent murders across England. The show favors a procedural rhythm that values the patience of a lab test as much as the intensity of a field investigation. Technical accuracy drives the tension, creating a distinct atmosphere where the dead essentially provide the most reliable testimony in the pursuit of justice.

Featured Players

Cast 75

Kevin Bishop

as Ben Quayle

2 episodes

as Helen Wharton

4 episodes

as Malcolm Coles

3 episodes

William Gaminara

as Leo Dalton

106 episodes

Emilia Fox

as Nikki Alexander

206 episodes

David Caves

as Jack Hodgson

126 episodes

Tom Ward

as Harry Cunningham

96 episodes

Richard Lintern

as Thomas Chamberlain

70 episodes

Liz Carr

as Clarissa Mullery

80 episodes

as Sam Ryan

64 episodes

as Simone Tyler

8 episodes

Alastair Michael

as Velvy Schur

20 episodes

Sophia Myles

as Laine Cassidy

2 episodes

Matteo Carlomagno

as Stephen Ross

2 episodes

Gavin Sibson

as NCA Officer Gavin

10 episodes

as Dr. Gabriel Folukoya

20 episodes

as NCA Officer Steve

10 episodes

Adam King-Sekera

as NCA Officer Adam

10 episodes

William Willoughby

as Anthony Drinkwater

10 episodes

Maggie Steed

as Harriet Maven

10 episodes

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Francesca Mills

as Kit

10 episodes

Ruth McCabe

as Wyn Ryan

8 episodes

William Armstrong

as Trevor Stewart

11 episodes

Mick Ford

as Peter Ross

8 episodes

Nick Reding

as Michael Connor

14 episodes

as Rob Bradley

8 episodes

Michael Troughton

2 episodes

Sam Parks

2 episodes

Sean Wilson

2 episodes

Lucy Cohu

2 episodes

Frances Tomelty

2 episodes

2 episodes

Burt Kwouk

2 episodes

Dominic Jephcott

2 episodes

2 episodes

Rapulana Seiphemo

2 episodes

2 episodes

Catherine Russell

2 episodes

2 episodes

Daniel Casey

2 episodes

Craig Kelly

2 episodes

John Lynch

as Tom Flannery

2 episodes

as Major Tony Hutton

2 episodes

Sara Powell

as DS Esther Linden

2 episodes

Bryan Murray

2 episodes

Peter Wight

as Lucas Garner

2 episodes

Danny Webb

2 episodes

as D.S. Farmer

8 episodes

Lolita Chakrabarti

3 episodes

Leigh Lawson

3 episodes

John McEnery

4 episodes

Charlotte Hudson

as News Reporter

4 episodes

Tony Bluto

3 episodes

Jane Hazlegrove

as Rosemary Mason

4 episodes

Colin Salmon

as Noah Taylor

4 episodes

John Bowe

4 episodes

Paul Copley

3 episodes

4 episodes

3 episodes

Simon Molloy

4 episodes

Tim Plester

4 episodes

Gary Lewis

as Edwin Stickley

4 episodes

as DCI Ford

3 episodes

Matthew Gravelle

as Tom Faulkner

4 episodes

as Conor Hodgson

4 episodes

as DI Jill Raymond

3 episodes

4 episodes

Shireen Farkhoy

as DS Martine Chalal

4 episodes

Sean Pertwee

as DI John Flynn

4 episodes

Adrian Schiller

as Peter Colvin

3 episodes

Anneika Rose

as Lucy

4 episodes

as Janet

3 episodes

Jason Wong

as Dr. Adam Yuen

4 episodes

David Cann

as DI Murray Porter

3 episodes

Arsher Ali

as Zak Khan

4 episodes

Production Board

Crew

Executive Producer

Caroline Levy Richard Stokes Emilia Fox Hilary Salmon Lawrence Till Suzi McIntosh Jessica Pope

Director

Tony McHale Noella Smith Paul Wroblewski Mike Barker Emma Sullivan James Strong Diarmuid Lawrence Andy Hay Julian Jarrold Tracey Larcombe Keith Boak Thaddeus O'Sullivan Rob Evans Udayan Prasad Patrick Lau

Producer

Madonna Baptiste Nick Pitt Sharon Bloom

Floor Runner

Douglas Cox

Stunts

Cristian Knight Rachael Evelyn

Focus Puller

Tobias Eedy

Third Assistant Director

Tom Edmondson

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Shared Cristian Knight, Tobias Eedy

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Topic Keyword Similarity

2 shared keywords

Topics forensic science, crime investigation

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1 shared keyword

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1 shared keyword

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1 shared keyword

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Keywords

england morgue forensic science crime investigation

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Technical Sheet

Details

First Aired: February 21, 1996
Status: Returning Series
Episode Runtime: 60 minutes
Origin: GB
TMDB Votes: 105